Starting the Kubernetes Dashboard

Kubernetes Dashboard is a web-based user interface that you can use as an alternative to the Kubernetes kubectl command line tool to:

deploy containerized applications to a Kubernetes cluster

troubleshoot your containerized applications

You use the Kubernetes Dashboard to get an overview of applications running on a cluster, as well as to create or modify individual Kubernetes resources. The Kubernetes Dashboard also reports the status of Kubernetes resources in the cluster, and any errors that have occurred. Note that to use the Kubernetes Dashboard, it must have been enabled when the cluster was initially created.

In contrast to the Kubernetes Dashboard, Container Engine for Kubernetes enables you to create and delete Kubernetes clusters and node pools, and to manage the associated compute, network, and storage resources.

Before you can use the Kubernetes Dashboard, you need to specify the cluster on which to perform operations.